Happy Anniversary to us!! 36 wonderful years filled with many different experiences - mostly good! How lovely to have a husband who is also my best friend; always there to support me in all my endeavors. Without him I would never have moved to northern Ontario and found the peace and safety of Manitoulin. A man who lived with his mother-in-law for 20 years! Now           there is a hero! LOL!
Well off to make him a loaf of fresh bread. And maybe even a cake!

Well isn't he cute?
I am sorry to be away so long - I have been trying some new things for the store. This is an oven mitt, but the batting inside is way too stiff. I will use him as a sign over the others. There is a cat (of course!) and an owl. Hope the fluffy batting  I bought last week in Fabricland will be softer. I can hardly bend this guy! :)=
And  I forgot to add eye lashes and a mouth line. Oh well maybe next time!
I am working on adding some flowers I learned to make Wednesday at Guild. Jackie gave us a terrific mini workshop on folded fabric. Nice to have actual hand work to bring home. Will show you when I get it done.
Must get to bed now. Hope you all had a wonderful Easter.

Lone Star Quilt

I have decided to list my Lone Star quilt on Kijiji. Here is the picture I posted:

 I hope it sells. I am asking only $400.00 - much less than it would go for down south.
It is hand quilted and fits a queen sized bed.

Snowman

I have just finished this cute snowman that I won last Guild meeting. He turned out really cute - at least I think so. It is a panel that I machine quilted and pinked around the edge - very easy.

It will be for sale at Unique Treasures for a few weeks. We are open until Dec.16, then closed for the winter.It has been a good year with many of my articles sold. Sometimes you think they will never sell, but then someone  comes in and finds something they like. Like my Yo Yo

pillows. I have made and sold two of them - go figure! It is interesting to see folks chose what they do. We are thinking of opening again next year - at least until the building is sold. It has been very kind of Kathleen to allow us to use her facility so far.
So have a good day!

Hi all,
Sorry I have been away so long! Bet you missed me -LOL:)
   We are winding down the Unique Treasures store this week and have been very busy making Christmas articles to sell. We have had a good summer, but it is a little slow at this time of year.
The tourists are gone, and hunters don't usually buy place mats.
   I am also singing in our local choir - The Manitoulin Chorister- a small group of SAB that Marilyn has formed to sing at our churches for Christmas, and maybe at the  Kiwanis festival in Sudbury next April/May. It is wonderful to be singing in a group again. I was in my church choir for 10 years way back in the day in  Burlington, and I have missed it. Hope the old voice holds up!!
    The garden is almost done and I cut back my roses yesterday and mounded them up with soil for the long sleep in the cold. It was beautiful yesterday, so I took advantage of it to be outside. The cats (all 3) were running around gleefully. I can't take pictures because I left my camera in Wanup the last time we met for the Elizabeth-Am lunch. I miss it very much. You get so used to being able to go take a picture and put it on the computer. What convenience!
    Well that's all folks for now. Hope I will be able to show you something soon. The camera is coming back next week!!! Hurray!
    Have a good day! Linda

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!Hope your w/e is filled with grateful thoughts and good food!
I am looking forward to my turkey with all the fixin's too.
Had a good day at the store yesterday. Lots of tourists in on their fall ride around the country. And also the" close the cottage" crowd. There are some very nice people who come in and see what we have to offer.

        
        
 Airing out the quilts for the winter. So cozy to get warm under a quilt. One of my favourite things.

Hi again,
Here is another Cotswold Cottage tea cozy I made for Alison - my neighbour. She found the original too big. And she was right!
It sits beside a new project -Chemo caps. I am making them for Unique Treasures, as someone had asked for them. I wish I could make them to give away, but necessity rules us all. I will charge as little as I can - I think 3/$10 sounds right. Do you agree? These have no seam inside that could irritate sensitive heads; and are made from softest knit cotton polyester.

Here is another re- purposed denim bag I made for the store. The embroidery goes up both sides of the handles. And it has a special pottery button. It was too big to actually use, so I used Velcro to close the bag, and then sewed the button on top. I seem to be obsessed with denim right now. Don't worry, I will recover soon -:))))